John recktenwalt



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` CLAMPPOR HOLDING THE TIPS'OF BILLIARD GUES. No. 256,501.

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Patented Apr. 18, 1.882.

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UNITED STAT-'Fs' PATENT OFFICE.'

-JOHN RFOKTFNWALT, OF BUFFALO, NFW YORK, AssIeNOn OF ONF-HALF To JOHNKRFITNFR, OF sAMF PLACE.

CLAMP FOR HOLDING THE TI'PS OF BILLIARD-CUES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,501, dated April18, 1882.

Application liledrJanuary 30l 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN RECK'FFNWALT, of Buii'alo, in the county ot'Erie and'State of New York, have invented certain new and uscfulImprovements on a Glamprfor Holding the Tips of Billiard-Cues; and I dohereby declare that the following description of my said iuvention,taken in connection with the accompany ing sheet of drawings, forms afull, clear, :o and exact specifieatiomwhich will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my present invention is the production of a simple, cheap,and convenient clamp for holding the'leather tips of billiardcues to thewooden stick; and it consists essentially in such novel combination ofparts and details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forthand described, and then pointed r zo ont in the claims.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate my saidinvention more fully, Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a seetionalelevation, of my improved clamp. Fig.

3 is a plan ofthe same, and Fig. 4 a sectional plan in line .r x Ot'Fig. l.

Like 'parts are designated by corresponding letters of reference in allthe iigures.

Ain these drawings represents the usual billiard-cue having on itsupperend the common leather tip A. A, and to retain the same in positionuntil the cement has thoroughly set and dried I employ va clampconsisting ot' a socket, C, connected 3,5l with a bifurcated yoke, D, bymeans of a T brace or bar, B. v'In the socket C there is an oblong orcircular passage, A, Fig. 4, and transversely an opening, K. In thisopening is located a clampingplate, I, the front surface 4o of which isconcave orcurved, so as to lit the l external contour of the cue A, andthereby prevent marring the samewhen in use. This clamping-plate I isswiveled to a fasteningscrew, J, in any convenient and suitable manner,said clamping-screw being passed through a boss or hub, C', on the endof the socket C.

In the bifurcated Vpart D of this clamp is located a sliding nut, E,t`ora clamping-screw,

G', said clampingscrew being provided with This tip is glued onto thecue4 a swiveling plate or disk, H, the under side of 5o which isconcaved to correspond with the con tourot the cue-tip to beV held bysaid plate. This nut E may be made of one piece, or it may be made intwo pieces by providing the upper end of said nut with a screw-threadand applying a nut, F, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In the bifurcated part D is a stop, d, to prevent the nut E and itsclampingascrew G from being withdrawn from said part D.

In operation the clamp, as described, is ap- 6o plied to the upper endof a cue, andr securely fastened thereto by turning the clamping-screw Jby the head J in such a direction as to cause the plate I to press uponsaid cue. Now the leather tip A is applied to the end of the V cue A,and then securely held thereto by causing the swiveled disk H to impingeupon the same with snflicient force applied through the screw GG. I

Billiard-cues vary considerably in size, and 7o to accommodate all thedifferent sizes of the same the opening A inthe socket C is made largeenough to accomplish that object; but since the position of the axialline of the cues varies with theirdiameter, I have made theupperclamping-screw, G', adjustable, and thereby enable its being alwaysbrought in line with said cue.

It will be readily perceived that this clamp (shown in nearly full sizein the drawings) is So very simple in construction, and cau be suppliedto the trade at a very low ligure. It is not only adaptedfor use infactories where the manufacture or production of billiard-cues iscarried on, but it'is also a very convenient 85 and serviceable articlefor all billiard-table owners, who, with the assistance ot' a few of theclamps described, can always do their own repairs and retipping, therebysaving a large amount of money otherwise expended for 9o such repairs.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new 'and desire to secure to me oy Letters Patent of theUnited States- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a clamp forretaining the tips of billiard-cues in position, saidfclamp consistingessentially of a socket, C, having the clamping-screw J J and plate I,the connecting part B and bifurcated yoke D, provided with en adjustablenut, E, having the clampingserew G G and disk H, the whole beingconstructed und combined, substantially' in the manner as und for theuse and purpose speeitied.

2. In billiard-cue clamps, the combination, with the body B, having thesocket C, provided with :L vertical aperture, A, und transverse apertureK, and its upper end bifureated atD, of the sliding nutE, with theadjusting-screw G G and swiveled disk H, and the adjustingscrew J J',having e swiveling clamping-plate I, operating in said transverseopening K, the whole being constructed and arranged for operation,substantially as und for the purpose stated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have heretoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN REGKTENWALT.

Attest:

MICHAEL J. STARK, JOHN C. DUERR.

